Friday, March 13, 2009

happy friday

happy friday! patty promised she's going to help me put together the veggie beds on the kitchen patio this weekend...cauliflower is her favorite veggie, so we have to plant some of those...

still not sure if i'm going to plant from seeds or not, there's a nursery that sells little starter plants near us. but first step this weekend is to put the beds together! we'll see how it goes...

my old neighbors, erik and kelly, have written a great book with lots of advice about home gardening {and other punk rock, diy advice for living a self sufficient lifestyle in the city}. erik has recommended some raised beds that we're going to put together on the patio. we're also going to get some organic potting soil from the nursery down the street. i'll report back...

1 comment:

This is exciting! I'm so jealous of the raised beds. I'm limited to container gardening right now in the city--if we weren't moving soon I'd definitely consider raised beds.

Its worth at least trying a few plants from seeds. Just remember to label them! I did most of our garden from seed last year and not labeling well was the only difficult part. I used our spare bath tub to hold all the seed pods (in containers) until they were ready to go outside. Mesclun lettuce was our most successful plant from seed.

This year I don't think I'll do much, if anything from seed, unless I start when its warm enough to leave the seedlings outside because our kitten will demolish anything I try starting inside.